#towards

Since childhood I've always had a tendency to lean towards melancholy. My sisters suffer from it too, so maybe it's a genetic thing. But none of us has ever been on medication. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#been #childhood #ever #genetic #had

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor. ↗

— William Ames

#found #height #joy #love #neighbor

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present. ↗

— Barbara de Angelis

#capable #carry #heart #less #loving

I think people feel threatened by homosexuality. The problem isn't about gay people, the problem is about the attitude towards gay people. People think that all gays are Hannibal Lecters. But gay people are sons and daughters, politicians and doctors, American heroes and daughters of American heroes. ↗

— Hollis Stacy

#american #attitude #daughters #doctors #feel

Eighty percent of my pieces gravitate towards an A, as a tonal thing, not at the beginning, but somewhere in it. ↗

— John Corigliano

#eighty #gravitate #percent #pieces #somewhere

If you're writing a piece for the Boston Pops, the balance is towards one end. If you're writing a piece for a chamber music society, then it's towards another point. I won't make a final answer on that. I think it changes with every piece. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#answer #balance #boston #chamber #changes

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#first step #incredulity #philosophy #step #towards

Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#america #back #backward #barbaric #because

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#deed #enough #entirely #goal #keep

So we take a lot of pride in that. It's really on us to turn this thing around. I think this last month we've done just that. We've pointed ourself in the direction that we want to be, and I think we're starting to head towards that. Right now we're in a nice rhythm. ↗

— Kevin Garnett

#direction #done #head #i #i think